Construction

Contract Administration

FHWA Contract Administration Issues

• Rulemaking documents to revise FHWA policy for 23 CFR 635.411 Material or Product Selection
  • Final Rule
    • Proprietary Products Final Rule Rollout Questions and Answers (09/27/2019)
    • Section 1525 of MAP-21 - State Autonomy for Culvert Pipe Selection (09/27/2019)
  • Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 83 FR 56758 – November 14, 2018
    • Docket FHWA-2018-0036
• Indefinite Delivery /Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Contracting - Job Order Contracting (JOC) for Federal-Aid Construction
  • FHWA Notice N 5060.2 Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity Contracting for Low-Cost Federal-aid Construction Contracts
  • Notice - Request for Comment - 83 FR 19393 - May 2, 2018
    • Docket FHWA-2018-0003
  • Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making (ANPRM) 83 FR 29713 - June 26, 2018
    • Docket FHWA-2018-0017
• FHWA Contract Administration Core Curriculum Manual
• Form FHWA 1273 - Required Contract Provisions Federal-Aid Construction Contracts (.pdf, 0.2 mb)
• FHWA Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-14-034: 'Performance-Based Contractor Prequalification As An Alternative to Performance Bonds'
• Contract Provisions for Federal-aid Construction and Service Contracts Required by FHWA or Other Agencies
• 2014 FHWA National Review of State Cost Estimation Practice (.pdf, 1 mb)
• Construction Program Guide - Selected Contract Administration Topics
  (Provides applicable statutes, regulations, policy memos, guidance and other related information)
  • Buy America (02/12/2014)
  • Culvert Type Selection (09/27/2019)
  • Davis-Bacon (08/22/2013)
  • Electronic Contracting
  • Indefinite Delivery /Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Contracting - Job Order Contracting (JOC) (01/18/2019)
  • Proprietary Products (09/27/2019)
  • Special Experimental Project No. 14 / Innovative Contracting / Alternative Contracting
    • SEP-14 FHWA/HUD Livability Initiative
    • SEP-14 Local Labor Hiring Pilot Program
    • SEP-14 Active Project List
    • Alternative Contracting Methods Library
  • Design-Build
  • Suspension / Debarment (03/15/2010)
• FAST Act Section 1421
• Eligibility of Construction and Highway Safety Equipment Acquisition Costs as a Direct Charge (09/08/2017 memo updated 12/14/2018)

General Construction Contract Administration Issues

• Highway Construction Cost / Inflation Issues
• Next-Generation Transportation Construction Management Pooled-Fund Program
• AASHTO Committee on Construction
• Emergency Relief Program